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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ADP SmartCompliance

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AADP SmartCompliance is a tax and regulatory compliance platform for midsize or larger companies using an ERP or non-ADP platform for HR and HRMS services.N/A

    CCH® SureTax®

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACCH SureTax is designed by tax experts to help businesses comply even with the most complex sale and use tax requirements. Always up-to-date on 100,000+ annual tax legislation changes, this cloud-based sales tax automation platform aims to ensure customers accurately calculate, collect, and remit taxes to the correct authorities every time.N/A
    Pricing
    ADP SmartComplianceCCH® SureTax®
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ADP SmartComplianceCCH® SureTax®
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing varies based upon modules deployed and features enabled.—
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    Community Pulse
    ADP SmartComplianceCCH® SureTax®
    Considered Both Products
    ADP
    No answer on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    107 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    46 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    111 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    Features
    ADP SmartComplianceCCH® SureTax®
    Type of tax
    Comparison of Type of tax features of ADP SmartCompliance and CCH® SureTax®
    Feature
    ADP SmartCompliance
    7.4
    26 Ratings
    3% below category average
    CCH® SureTax®
    7.4
    62 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sales and Use Taxes7.218 Ratings7.962 Ratings
    Cross-border Taxes7.518 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    VAT / GST Taxes7.74 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    Energy and Fuel Taxes7.34 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Tax Reporting & Compliance
    Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of ADP SmartCompliance and CCH® SureTax®
    Feature
    ADP SmartCompliance
    7.9
    85 Ratings
    1% above category average
    CCH® SureTax®
    6.8
    61 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Geolocation for Tax Assessment8.230 Ratings8.945 Ratings
    3rd-Party Software Integrations7.453 Ratings6.243 Ratings
    Tax Data Reporting8.183 Ratings6.755 Ratings
    Compliance Administration Management8.373 Ratings6.641 Ratings
    Tax Exemption Processing8.637 Ratings7.643 Ratings
    Tax Document Management7.875 Ratings6.633 Ratings
    Complex Tax Scenario Management7.356 Ratings5.242 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ADP SmartComplianceCCH® SureTax®
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (186 ratings)
    7.5
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (40 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (46 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (45 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.5
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (32 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (15 ratings)
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.3
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ADP SmartComplianceCCH® SureTax®
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ADP
    ADP SmartCompliance reduces a great deal of the strain on our department by easily remaining compliant. Particularly with several state and federal demands, payroll compliance can quickly become a struggle; ADP helps us keep all requests and court paperwork in one place. I appreciate how it automates reporting, garnishments, and tax returns to free us from constant concern over missing deadlines or making calculation mistakes. Knowing that things are being correctly handled gives peace of mind, saves time, and lowers double work. With everything being tracked and recorded, it helps reduce back-and-forth while handling notices.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    I would put CCH® SureTax® at the top of the scale for any Telecom business or anyone with a known tax scenario that will be similarly sketchy. This software, while not always user friendly, can do amazing things to help you navigate the tax issues facing us all today. This would not be appropriate for a company just needing help gathering their sales tax information. There are plenty of other, friendlier solutions, possibly what they are already using for their accounting that will do it cleaner, easier and cheaper. You just have to ask an expert in that software.
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    Pros
    ADP
    • Allows you to submit for tax jurisdiction setup
    • Has a dashboard to indicate if any tax filings for the quarter are at risk and what the problem might be
    • Has a great layout of all your payroll processing invoices
    • Allows you to download copies of the tax filings ADP does on your behalf
    • Allows you to submit tax notices directly within the site
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Maintains Nexus nationwide.
    • Implements all of the various sales tax rates nationwide automatically.
    • Clean website that is very user friendly.
    • Support is very quick to respond and always fixes any issues you may be having.
    • We have had this since 2013, and not one time has a sales tax rate been wrong. We used to have Avalara, where we had 12 different overrides in their system just to calculate the correct tax. It is nice not having to maintain those.
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    Cons
    ADP
    • Local Tax Help - Mainly PA employees. I wish there was an easier way to see that we have the employees setup correctly.
    • Tickets not in emails - What I mean is that they have a ticket system so that you can talk to your account manager, but there is no easy way to then pull up those tickets like you would if it were in emails. Sometimes we want to see how we handled something before and it gets tricky.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • We have participated in some prepayment testing so we know that functionality is being built out and what we saw looked really good. We're anxious to have that rolled out.
    • We'd like a cleaner way to export documentation of what was paid and EXACTLY what was paid. Currently web fees and some small balances are not shown by the website and that means making journal entries is a more manual process than hoped.
    • We've been working with folks at SureTax about discrepancies between CCH RADAR rates vs the rates which get used in SureTax. We have learned the 2 systems do not utilize the same data and we often find RADAR is more accurate.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ADP
    ADP displays value continuously by automating compliance processes, reducing risk, and saving time. It ensures that tax filings are accurate, efficient notice management, and seamless integration with payroll systems, which minimizes penalties and manual work. The platforms reliability and strong support make it essential for maintaining compliance within our company and department
    Incentivized
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    Wolters Kluwer
    We switched our tax service from Avalara to SureTax years ago. Prior to this, we manually prepared the data and ran a report uploading and then got the tax result every time. With Suretax providing enough and flexable APIs, we redesigned and implemented our new application to communicate with SureTax seamlessly and automatically. This greatly reduced our workload, improves the system efficiency, and increased the data accuracy.
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    Usability
    ADP
    For the most part, one can get in and learn how to navigate the system by just clicking on one of the suject areas. If you have a good clientrepresentative, they will inform you of new features/functionality and give you a quick demo. This is helpful for one to go back in and navigate to learn how it works and usefulness.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    SureTax is very reliable in with the integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP. It provides accurate tax calculations in accordance with tax updates. SureTax also has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to navigate. It is easy to add customers and also run reports on the website. The overall manageability of it is great!
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    Reliability and Availability
    ADP
    Availability is good, with only one or two instances of not being able to access the system at all which were quickly fixed. Some features do not work correctly from time to time, such as the "Help" function or the "Sync" function.
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    Wolters Kluwer
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    Performance
    ADP
    If ADP is having issues, they communicate the problem within the solution once you log in. They also communicate that the issue will be fixed promptly. Reports run efficiently and in a reasonable amount of time. Also, the reports allow for various reporting types to be produced like a PDF or a Microsoft Excel file.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ADP
    As mentioned in the last comment, everyone and everything has been great. However sometimes you get one person that I feel can bring a score down and the current dedicated tax representative I have I do not feel is very supportive.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    It has taken much longer than we would like to get certain issues - and problems - resolved. And the initial product support as we designed the implementation left much to be desired
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    In-Person Training
    ADP
    Exceptional Training Services Received during and after our Build . The teams of ADP Professionals assisted on a daily basis with tight deadlines and testing, each day , each Qtr. and annual processes including setting up local and State agencies for the 50 State we are reporting since our Workday go live 4/1/23. The process was seamless.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    ADP
    Online training give us more flexible on timing. We always have a pack schedule and not able to attend training in person. Online training with recording is a good source for us especially we can review it again and again. The down side is we are unable ask question in person
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    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    ADP
    I wasn't too hands on with integration portion of this product so I can't completely give an honest answer to that. I have been told that the training improves alot for each individual as they go through the process and it improves success. These individuals are able to do alot more than me in regards to implementation.
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    Wolters Kluwer
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    Alternatives Considered
    ADP
    We reviewed MasterTax and Ceridian before selecting ADP's Employment Tax four years ago. ADP SmartCompliance was selected because it was thought that this solution would save us time and resources. We have since revisited MasterTax and have looked at Asure as well. These companies offer more control and require more manual intervention before returns are filed and payments made as a tradeoff.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    100% better. Avalara is a self-starter kit where businesses are forced to create and develop their own bundles and product types. The support that you get from the AvaTax is not as user-friendly. SureTax is full of seasoned experts and full of industry leaders. Law firms that I have worked with in the past, as well as other CPAs, only recommend SureTax.
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    Scalability
    ADP
    ADP has the ability to scale across departments. This was found to be true when we rolled out the wage payment solution. ADP users are able to view their pay stubs on their phones and/or computers. This wage payment portal offers W2 storage and paystub storage for access at any time by an employee.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ADP
    • we were able to outsource our garnishments, so that the bulk task it handled by someone else.
    • we have been able to process tickets quicker for missing deposits can we can see if the payment was sent back from the bank.
    • we are able to fund our final pay payments more efficiently and quicker
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Previously we paid $5,200 per year for a standalone telecom tax calculation program. The overall cost of the combined solution that we have is just about the same as the cost of everything that we have before adding that cost in.
    • Once you add in the additional benefit of the API integration and the automation that's freed up employee time, I think it's fairly safe to say that as we've grown, the combined efficiencies have allowed us to operate with two fewer employees than we would have otherwise needed.
    • Over past 4 years we have yet to be notified of any errors in our submitted regulatory taxes.
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    ScreenShots

    ADP SmartCompliance Screenshots

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    CCH® SureTax® Screenshots

    Screenshot of Transaction level viewScreenshot of Nexus dashboardScreenshot of Exempt Certificate ManagerScreenshot of Reporting viewScreenshot of Returns dashboardScreenshot of A return screenshot